[Is cancer a transmittable disease?]
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Spanish]
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[Is cancer a transmittable disease?]
[Article in
Spanish]
Gac Med Mex.
2007 Jul-Aug.
Abstract
A direct, horizontal and natural transmission of neoplasic cells has only recently been accepted by the biomedical community. There are three known examples in mammals: the Tasmanian Devil Tumor Disease, the Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumor and a similar disease in Sirian Hamsters. These diseases are not anecdotic cases only, but provide support for the cancer clonal evolution hypothesis.
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